The Turtle Derby
Saturday, 29. September 2007, 02:46:29
The Turtle Derby has been won, run and recorded. Ok, so this is the flimsiest possible excuse to play with my camera, but what the hell. And I bodged it a little...I forgot to add a few bits of text and the music goes on for a minute after the end of the video, but what the hell. There's only so much effort I'm prepared to put into this!
So, the race. It was simple. While I was cleaning their outdoor pool, I put them all into the aquarium, which happened to be on it's side. Their task? Leave the aquarium and walk in a straight line about 1 and a half metres across the patio to the yellow painted path. Go under or over the green hose which is currently filling the pool with clean water.
Easy huh. Leave aquarium....walk in straight line. Don't go round the back of the tank. Don't climb into the garden bed. Dont just sit there staring into space. Don't go hide under a plant. Just walk in a straight line....
Now, just in case you didn't get what happened....click on Read More below to see the final standing....
So, the race. It was simple. While I was cleaning their outdoor pool, I put them all into the aquarium, which happened to be on it's side. Their task? Leave the aquarium and walk in a straight line about 1 and a half metres across the patio to the yellow painted path. Go under or over the green hose which is currently filling the pool with clean water.
Easy huh. Leave aquarium....walk in straight line. Don't go round the back of the tank. Don't climb into the garden bed. Dont just sit there staring into space. Don't go hide under a plant. Just walk in a straight line....
Now, just in case you didn't get what happened....click on Read More below to see the final standing....
First Place - Bob
Second Place - Angus
Third Place - Rosita
Did Not Finish - Baby, Homer, Angel
Disqualified - Mr Patel
Sad, but true, Patel had to be disqualified for infringing rules. Admittedly I made the rules up as I went along, but climbing over rocks into the garden bed just isn't on. Poor Baby - So nearly won, but at the finish line decided to turn around and explore some more. Angus must have lapped the patio about 10 times before deciding he wanted to see if he could get in the kitchen, which took him across the line.
So there you have it....Bob wins the 1st (and last?) annual Turtle Derby.
WIDGETIZE
edwardpiercy # 29. September 2007, 06:12
Second, my kudos to you for doing this thing. It was great. And I learned something too...that turtles can climb ninety degree embankments. I didn't know that they were climbers.
I'll have to do a link tomorrow to the vid to get you some more views, if possbible.
Niddhogg # 29. September 2007, 23:58
Did vote for whomever you put up as favourite, seemed a sensible decision . . . that was Bob, I think?
Maybe next time a little incentive with
garydenness # 30. September 2007, 01:14
Yeah, Bob was the favourite. You chose sensibly.
Ed, I passed on your congrats to Bob. He stared at me in his usual "Give me food" sort of a way....
You would be stunned at their climbing abilities. They have strong little legs and sharp little claws. If they can get a reasonable grip going with their two front paws and at least one of their back paws, they can climb some!!
Escape artists so they are. Last year, we heard a slight thud from the lounge. Five minutes later Bob strolled past our bedroom....I still don't know how he climbed outta the tank.